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Actually, it is not "my" logic, it is the laws of physics. And, no, it would not work like that. Warm air CAN hold more moisture, but it doesn't mean that it HAS more moisture. Think of it this way: Imagine cool air as a little sponge and warm air as a big one. If you add 1 oz of water to the little sponge and it fills it half full then it is 50% full. Now, if you take the sponge and squeeze it out to into the big sponge, it will not fill it nearly as full, perhaps only 30% full. It is the same thing with water in the air. If 75 degree air is 55% full of water, and you raise the temperature of that same air, without adding more water, the humidty will fall as the water holding potential of the warmer air rises. It can't become more humid (more saturated) unless more water is added to it. For instance, my room humidity is usually about 55%-60% and my incubator, without adding any water, will be somewhere in the 40%'s.
Richard
Actually, it is not "my" logic, it is the laws of physics. And, no, it would not work like that. Warm air CAN hold more moisture, but it doesn't mean that it HAS more moisture. Think of it this way: Imagine cool air as a little sponge and warm air as a big one. If you add 1 oz of water to the little sponge and it fills it half full then it is 50% full. Now, if you take the sponge and squeeze it out to into the big sponge, it will not fill it nearly as full, perhaps only 30% full. It is the same thing with water in the air. If 75 degree air is 55% full of water, and you raise the temperature of that same air, without adding more water, the humidty will fall as the water holding potential of the warmer air rises. It can't become more humid (more saturated) unless more water is added to it. For instance, my room humidity is usually about 55%-60% and my incubator, without adding any water, will be somewhere in the 40%'s.
Richard
